AUTHOR BIO

Paul Rubens

Contributing Writer, Enterprise Networking Planet

Paul Rubens started out as an investment banker in the 1980s, before moving in to journalism in 1991. Since going freelance in 1998, he has contributed to the technology sections of many leading international publications including The Economist and The Financial Times, as well as writing for specialist business technology publications including EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet, eSecurityPlanet, Computing and TechRadar. He is also sub-editor of Pinball Magazine, the world's leading publication devoted to the silver ball.

Updated: Sensitivity to
cost has caused enterprises to be slow to adopt two-factor authentication. But
with open standards and open source back-ends, costs are coming down, and with
the ubiquity of mobile phones, you might not even need to buy tokens for your
users.